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1st Mexican Amer
1st Mexican American Immigrants - never left home
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| immigrant | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. |
| indigenous | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native. |
| reside | where a person lives. |
| traditional | long established ways of doing things or celebrations. |
| colonization | act or process of settling & establishing control over indigenous people in an area. |
| mestizos | a person of mixed race (Spanish and Indigenous descent). |
| cultivate | prepare and use land for crops or gardening; acquire or develop a quality or skill. |
| quarrel | a heated argument or disagreement, usually a trivial (small) issue between people who are on "good terms" with each other. |
| independent | free from outside control. |
| dominant | most important, powerful, or influential. |
| influence | capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. |
| hostile | unfriendly; confrontational. |